16. In what does the telestial glory differ from the terrestrial?
17. What class of people inherit the telestial glory?
18. What can you say of degrees within the three great kingdoms of glory?
19. What can you say of progress within and from the different degrees of glory?
20. What can you say of the sons of perdition and their punishment?
21. What is the nature of their sin?
22. What of the number of those who commit it?
SECTION IX.
1. The Breaking up at Kirtland.—The keys of knowledge respecting the great doctrines treated in the last two sections were received in the Kirtland temple; and for a time it appeared that the Saints would long enjoy the blessings of their temple and the communion and instruction of heavenly messengers. But not so. With prosperity which attended them there, came pride, envyings, jealousies and heart-burnings. Their temporal prosperity existed but a brief period. It was carried away by the wave of financial disaster which swept over the United States in 1837. Then came financial embarrassment, accompanied with charges and counter-charges of fraud and dishonesty. Apostasy among men high in authority was rife. Several of the twelve apostles went down in those dark days, and became bitter enemies to the Prophet Joseph. To such an extent did the spirit of apostasy prevail that it became murderous; and the prophet and a number of his most devoted friends had to flee from Kirtland for their lives. [See note 1, end of section.]